St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
Many Cases of Destitution
That Will Receive Sub
Stantial Aid. & S
The General System Under
- -
Which the Relief Society
Does Its Work.
How the Organization Had Its
0rigin--Some Of Yester-
days Applicants.

is being manifested on all sides, and
much misery has been relieved. The
extreme cases OF restitution given pub
licity in its columns during the past week
have received prompt attention, and the
work of the society wonderfully aided
i'll the large bundles of clothing and
cash donations sent in. IthaS given the
society good start for the winter, and
the officers are lavish in their praise of
the good accomplished.
One lady, Mrs. Knowles, from Fair
mount, Oak, writes:
81 have read of the misery existing in
st. Paul in the columns of the GLOBE,
and my heBrt aches for the little ones
thus so cruelty exposed. send you
some clothes, and will send more as
soon as | can"
Then followed large bundle by eX-
press, which arrived at the rooms while
the reporter was there yesterday. 1t
contained lots of clean, warm fiannelS,
stockings and three thick dresses. This
is but sample of the donations from
many kind hearts.
MORE CASES.
On the corner of FentOn and COnStanS
streets live John O'ToOle and his wife.
They are very old people. and need pro-
visions and clothing. The wife is
scarcely able to speak and is wOefully
emaciated. They are not able to do
much for themselves, and deeply appre-
ciate anything done for them.
A similar case is that of Michael Nc
Mahen and wife, at 296 LafOnd street.
The two are about siXty-five or seventy
years of age and very infirm, utterly I'M
able to help themselves.
At 203 Grant street. near Rice, lives a
man by the name of Roberts. his wife
and three children. 1t is neat little
home, and heretofore the family
has lived nicely, and Mr.. Roberts
has had az good position as
painter. Some years ago an attack of
diphtheria left him deaf and dumb, and
for the last seven weeks he has been
their money has disappeared, and it was
only at the last moment that an appeal
for aid was sent in.
The Relief society is one of the few
associations of the kind that owns. its
own building. 1t is quite a handsome
structure and stands on Ninth street,
near the corner of Jackson, as m0nu-
ment to the generosity of public spirited
citizens 1t is dedicated exclusively to
public purposes, and works in cOnnec-
ton with the other benevolent organiza-
tons of the city. The society tries to
aid all the needy, irrespective of color,
creed or nationality; and for every kind
and condition of suffering it has some
excellent side institution to aid it. From
the infant to the aged, homeless wan
derer. the house of the Little Sisters of
the Poor; Home for the FriendleSS, and
Ramsey county almshOuse are always
open. For middle aged women,
the rooms of the Christian Home
afford security, and also the
Young Girls Home. For young men is
the right hand of fellowship in all the
churches, the Y. NJ. G. A., Gospel Tenn
perance union and St. Paul Bethel. For
young girls the society has in its own
building the Industrial school, under
the direction of Mrs. Burbank, and for
a different class of girls have access to
the House of the Good Shepherd, an eX-
cellent institution. BOotblacks and
newSbOyS, and other boys. are welcomed
to the club-rOOmS under the charge of
Miss Johnson, and for different class
of boys there is the reform school. For
the little folks the society has free
kindergarten, Miss Davey i'll charge,
and infants are cared for at the Found
ling'S home.
For the sick are the different hOpitalS,
and for the sick poor the doors of the
city hospital are always open. The poor
who are sick at their homes can, on
short notice. have at their bedsides the
city doctor or his physicians. For all
the destitute who apply for wood or
provisions. and who are found worthy,
the society meets with happy aid from
the time-hOnOred board of control, whose
aid is indeed liberal and strengthening.
For aid on DaytOn'S bluff is found the
DaytOn's Bluff Aid association, who fur
nish all that is needed in WOmen'S
clothing, as do also the ladies of the
Ladies' auxiliary, who meet three times
a week. For advice Mr.. HutchinS is
always welcomed by the mayor and city
attorney. Chief Clark furnishes the POI
lice assistance for any branch of the
work. Thus it will be seen that the
system is complete and compares favor
ably with any, to say nothing of leading
the Northwest. The work should not
be COMPOUNDED with that of the city
missionary, who is hired exclusively by
the Ministers association and has no
connection with the Relief society.
HOW IT STARTED.
The organization of this society was
first mentioned by d. r. Moves, ten
years ago. at meeting of the Y MICA,
of which he was president. E. i. Chase
was also one OF the cher pr0mOterS.a and
these two gentlemen are chiefly respOns-
ible for the project that has turned out
so successfully. Mr.. Halls method of
keeping the books is not only an orig
inal, but splendid one. Any director
can step in at any minute, find the num-
Der of people aided, how many times
they have applied for aid, the nature of
their distress, the value of the aid given
them, their residence and size of their
families. Mr.. Hutchins, the general
agent. is not only required to investi-
gate the cases reported, but must hunt
up cases of restitution. He is also sec
rotary of the Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty. The officers of the society.
and members, are some of st. Pau1'S
best citizens and take deeper interest
in their work than simply seeing their
names on the letter head. All of them
express themselves as wonderfully
pleased with the GLOBES work and say
that it has been of vast benefit to them.